COMPLAINT: Interactive Objects Not Functioning in Homes

Skoomah

I have spent tons of real life money to furnish my home, but the most basic function is to be able to use mundus stones, crafting stations, dummies, storage units, and other interactive objects properly. Everytime I want to do that in my home now, I have to place down a furnishings to make it work properly. This was never an issue until Wolfhunter patch. My guildmates can't use the home's functionality when I'm not logged in and not there to place down an item.

Do you have issues interacting with mundus stones, crafting stations, storage units, assistants, and other interactive objects in homes?

LeHarrt91

After the Murkmire DLC i had to replace all my stations. i dont know if they adjusted the sizes or dimensions of them all but they were not intractable until i replaced and they turned green in the editor.

Skoomah

Yes

I placed these items down after the wolfhunter patch. I bought the Hunter's Glade home which was released after the patch.

JumpmanLane

Yes

In Linchal Manor I have to reload the ui or move the objects if I port into the house. It’s irritating. Only happens in Linchal though right after Murkmire it happened in Daggerfall.

lillybit

No

It tricky but it just seems like the interactions are slow to load. Waiting a few seconds fixes the problem for me. Never had any problem in my own house (Serenity Falls), seems to be mostly Crown Store Notable homes that are a bit slow.

Elwendryll

Did you place your interactables on the real floor or onto a platform?

Tasear

No

Passing issue along

Skoomah

Yes

My interactables are on floors but I’ve put the interactables on custom built structures before and it worked for over a year until a few patches ago. Please fix this... housing is worth it to me because of the convenience and functionality. I didn’t spend money on housing just for the decorations...

Thanks Tasear for passing along

kimaeril

Yes

I'm still having this issue as well. I have to reposition the item in order for my characters to be able to use it. It started for me after the release of Murkmire.

bearbelly

Ugh. Nevermind, Sorry.
My eyes skipped-over the places where you said you re-placed them, so it was a dumb question.
Stoopid eyes.

Coatmagic

Yes

Issue has not been resolved as am still having to repeatedly move items to get them to work.

Skoomah

Yes

@ZOS_GinaBruno
@ZOS_JessicaFolsom

Please help with the fix soon!

SpacemanSpiff1

Yes

I had issues using crafting stations in a couple guild houses the other day. Odd thing is a friend in there could use them.

starkerealm

No

Tasear wrote: »

Passing issue along

@Tasear, for reference, this is a known issue that's been addressed several times, so with that in mind...

@Skoomah, Tasear's going to need some more information when he passes this up.

What platform are you on? PS4/PC/XB1?

If you're on PC, are you using any addons? In particular, Essential Housing Tools or another addon that interacts with the furnishing interface.

Does it happen in any other houses on your account? (You might even want to pop onto the PTS, and see if it occurs there, or if it occurs with other houses there.)

That question about, "are you putting them on 'natural' surfaces, or on platforms you've placed?" is pretty important, because this can cause issues with crafting stations being non-interactive. (The game will load in the station, check, see that it's inaccessible, then load in the platform under it, without rechecking the station.)

It kind of sounds to me like this may be what's happening anyway, even if you are placing it on natural surfaces. The stations are getting rendered in before the house is. If that's the case, it may be fixable by simply moving ANY object in the house, and forcing the stations to recheck their accessibility that way.

HalloweenWeed

No

I don't have a damn thing in my house. Never go there.
You should've built-in a selection for this contingency. Because you didn't, the poll is less meaningful.

AllegraLionheart

Yes

Frequently, yes. Luckily, my larger merchant guild has several officers with the "decorator" title in the guildhouse who can come in and move/replace the crafting stations when they can't be interacted with, even if the GM isn't on to so herself. So, there is a workaround if you have high-traffic guildhouses.

However, it's not viable forever, and is inconvenient when you've got a massive swathe of crafting stations (or even a single one not working) and have to pull people in. I'd love to see this fixed, soon.

Konstant_Tel_Necris

Yes

I used great addon Essential Housing Tools to fix intractable objects
https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info1959-EssentialHousingTools.html

Skoomah

Yes

@ZOS_GinaBruno
@ZOS_JessicaFolsom

Any luck with getting a fix in for this?

xaraan

Yes

Yes, not counting the issue with Mirkmire where they were just not working for whatever reason they seemed to fix, there has ALWAYS been in issue from the time housing came out of getting anything to function correctly if you set it on anything but whatever ground comes in the home.

So build a little floor out of something, or a platform, or use stone blocks they sell for flooring, etc. and you may randomly come in and find your crafting stations or whatever do not work.

Maybe something with the way it saves and reloads, but there should be a way to have interactables put down in the load last and or them to always go down in a way that will allow them to work.

I also know our guild house always has issues with their mundus stones never working b/c of this bug.

pod88kk

No

Sometimes you just need to pick them up & put them done again it's not a big issue

xaraan

Yes

pod88kk wrote: »

Sometimes you just need to pick them up & put them done again it's not a big issue

Then that would be a yes lol.

If you have to reset them, then you do have issues.

This is a bigger deal for anyone using guild houses or letting friends use their homes as hubs since you won't give everyone moving permissions.

Narvuntien

Yes

I am constantly not able to use the craft tables in my guildhall.

Skoomah

Yes

ZOS, you gotta fix this please or give us some guidance on what to do. I’ve spent a boat load of real world money and it doesn’t work... I bought all the mundus stones in the game for my friends and guild mates and they can’t mskr use of them...

Hippie4927

No

When Murkmire first released, I had that problem. I had to pickup and put back down any interactable before being able to use it. But then ZOS fixed it and the fix worked great for me. I have had no more issues with my crafting tables, etc. This is in both Earthtear Cavern and Alinor townhouse. Oh! And Erstwhile Sanctuary, too.

freespirit

No

Not had a problem with crafting stations...…….

BUT...….

Target Dummies placed on anything but the base floor of the house cause me to not be able to use certain skills notably ground based AOE's

Tasear

No

Skoomah wrote: »

ZOS, you gotta fix this please or give us some guidance on what to do. I’ve spent a boat load of real world money and it doesn’t work... I bought all the mundus stones in the game for my friends and guild mates and they can’t mskr use of them...

Which house? When did you last attempt this?

drkfrontiers

Must have a green glow when placed
If near any trees there may be issue unless you zoom into first person as branches cause issue.

mayasunrising

No

I had some issues when Murkmire initially released but they must have hotfixed something because I don't anymore. Be careful too is you're using Essential Housing Tools and created triggers and such. Sometimes those can mess with interactables if they are too close to them.

Jaimeh

Yes

Yes, the crafting stations on my Orbservatory Prior are not functioning every time I re-enter, and I keep having to reset them (re-positioning one, makes the others work too, but it's pretty annoying having to do that every time I enter). They are not on a special surface either, just on the main floor, so no idea why this happens.

Skoomah

Yes

Hunter’s Glade. I have to place down one item every time I enter the home, then all interactable items work... I do this everyday. I play everyday.

Tandor

No

My assistants and storage chest work fine across a variety of homes on both my accounts (PC EU).